High School Students

High School Students

PediaHealth is a private medical practice located at 6760 Mission Street in Daly City. High school students that wish to gain experience in healthcare and medicine, that might be exploring the possibility of pursuing medicine or health sciences as a career, […]

Pediatrics Immersion

Our Pediatrics Immersion program for high school students encompasses all areas that private practicing pediatricians have to face […]

The Pediatrics Immersion program is offered to high school students that are interested in participating as a volunteer, an intern, or for class credit.  

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in an accredited high school in the State of California

  • Able to report to the clinical site: 6760 Mission St, Daly City, CA 94014

  • Familiarity with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and Google Docs

PediaHealth generally prioritizes those high school students already assembling a volunteer and work experience portfolio for college.

Screening and Interviewing

The Pediatrics Immersion program is competitive. Students can expect to proceed, generally, through the following course:

  1. Initial application

  2. Asynchronous interview

  3. Live video-call interview

  4. Face-to-face interview with a pediatrician

  5. Application decision

What to Expect

Pediatrics is a very demanding endeavor and pursuit—but is extremely rewarding. At our offices in particular, work is extremely fast paced there's always a million things going on, and every day is unique every week and every month brings with it new projects and challenges […]

Core Exposure

  • Introduction to Pediatric Care

  • Milestones and Development

  • Immunization Schedules

  • Introduction to Public Health

  • Introduction to Healthcare Informatics

  • Introduction to Practice Management

  • Introduction to Biomedical Ethics

  • Introduction to Medical Jurisprudence

Current Projects

Our high school students are currently engaged in several healthcare informatics and AI projects, including:

  • Connecting patients to physician knowledge via AI platforms such as Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Twilio

  • The digital transformation of the institutional knowledge held by physicians

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